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for my personal services, which was an ample remuneration, as profit 

 was not my sole object. I have kept a diary from 1811 to the present 

 time, — an expense account, and an account of the sales of my farm to 

 the time I gave it up, — from which I have derived much pleasure, and. 

 I think some profit. It has been a chart, to say the least, to prevent 

 the ship from running against rocks, and upon quicksands, and has en- 

 abled me, with very little experience previously acquired, to keep the 

 ship always in good order, and when I resigned the command to leave 

 her much better than I found her. Many farmers I have no doubt 

 keep good reckoning. Of such I would ask, have you not realized 

 pecuniary profits, and has it not afforded you much pleasure, from time 

 to time, to reviev/ the past ? But I am writing to Mr. Colman, and not 

 to the public. Were I writing to the latter, I would try to induce them 

 to spend a short space of time at evening, while they rest from their la- 

 bors, in noting daily occurrences, and in keeping their expense account, 

 as well as that of their income. Reference thereto, as they may find 

 occasion, will assist them in varying their operations in business, their 

 expenditures, and show them the results of any experiments they may 

 make, and give them great satisfaction in reviewing their labors. 



Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



B. GODDARD. 



G._(p. 272.) 



PEDIGREE OF COW OF PAOLI LATHROP. 



I annex the pedigree of one of our animals which is taken from 

 Coates' Herd Book, and the remainder of our herd have equally un- 

 doubted pedigrees. 



Coio Nonpareil. — Rod and white ; calved September 30, 1827 ; bred 

 by Stephen Williams, Northboro', Mass. ; sired by Young Denton 

 (963) : dam Arabella, (bred by Mr. Wetherbee in England,) by North 

 Star (460) : grandam Aurora, by Comet (155,) sold for 1000 guin- 

 eas : great-grandam, by Hervey (301) : great-great-grandam, by Danby 

 (190). 



Yours respectfully, 



PAOLI LATHROP. 

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